This is just some notes I was making for our scrabook/ journal and I thought I would share!
What Michelle’s been up to:
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Jibber Jabbering! She has gotten to be very
vocal and often seems to be telling stories, we have complete conversations
even though she isn’t using words. Michelle has said a few things but the words
she has said with meaning she has also said without meaning so I’m still not
quite sure what I would say her first word is. In April she said “nanana” while
very excitedly pointing to a Banana. The last week in May I was convinced she
said “high five”. She has also been heard to say “hi, by, ball, mama, dada,
shoe”. She now uses Dada for Joe but it is also used anytime she wants to do or
is doing something fun….hmmmm….. mama is mostly used when she is sad, cranky,
or hungry….hmmmm.
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Forks and Spoons! Mommy has been working hard to
let go of her OCD and let Michelle get messy when needs be in order to learn to
use forks and spoons better. Michelle likes having them but still isn’t really
using them as the majority of the world does. If we put the food on them she
can get it in her mouth still on the utensil but getting it on by herself is
rare. One morning at the end of May I
gave Michelle oatmeal with berries for breakfast (normal for her) and a spoon
for each hand and let her feed herself. She held both spoons in one hand and
ate with her hand. She was still hungry so I gave her some yogurt thinking that
would force her to use the spoon. She had other ideas. Yes, a bath followed. She was much messier than the pictures show.
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Blowing Kisses: At the end of May Michelle
started occasionally blowing kisses to us, it is so cute. Now in June with all
the Playmill cast eating her up she consistently blows kisses when someone is
leaving, although it is more like smashing her hand on her mouth it is still so
cute!
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Pointing to her nose. Every day we ask Michelle
questions like where is your nose? Or where are your eyes? Usually to no
interest on her side. June 1st Mommy asked her “Where is your nose?”
and she non-shallantly pointed to her nose as though it was the most obvious
thing in the world!
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Waving
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Loving being outside, She stays pretty well covered in the stroller usually but my tan is much better already than it was at the end of last summer, I'm ok with this, I'm still really white.
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LOVES books and will bring them to you all day
long but usually only has patience for one page at a time.
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Understands pretty much everything we say and
will nod her head yes or no… or have a full on toddler melt down.
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Giving hugs! Sometimes she will just open her
arms and give us real hugs, it is so sweet. She also has developed a fancy to
holding on to just one of our legs as we walk around trying to get things done.
